You called on people to “Check the facts, be informed and then cast your vote.” But your letter keeps spreading the same misinformation about abortions. Federal funds do not go toward paying for abortions. This fact has been proven by various audits of Planned Parenthood that showed that Planned Parenthood accounted for every single penny spent on abortion services and showed that that money came from donations specifically for that purpose.

The fact is, Planned Parenthood actually prevents more abortions than it performs. But various religious groups want to eliminate all funding for Planned Parenthood, when only 3 percent of their entire operation is abortions.

The fact is, many countries that have completely outlawed abortion have seen a dramatic increase in the desire for abortions. Those same countries have eliminated contraception and education completely — the very same thing that many religious groups want to see happen in this country.

The solution is easy. If you do not like abortion, don’t get one. No one has the right to tell you how to practice your religion, and you do not have the right to tell others how they will live their lives.

If all of you people who are so against abortions spent only 10 percent of that time helping feed the poor, we would see a dramatic reduction in the amount of people who go to bed hungry.